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The United States data of rainfall for 14 years in the 
Loup valley, south of Norfolk, show an average precipita- 
tion of 23.74 inches. The distribution shows most of this 
to be between March and September of each year. This 
indicates a dry fall and winter, which are favorable for beet 
ripening and harvesting and also for the factory operations. 
Dr. Max Hollrung, of Halle, Germany, shows the fol- 
lowing mechanical analysis of the soils around the Nebraska 
sugar factories: — 
Per Cent 
Coarse Sand. 
Per Cent 
Fine Sand. 
Per Cent 
Finest Sand. 
Per Cent 
Silt. 
Grand Island (average) 
0.72 
10.85 
63.38 
25.05 
Norfolk, 
0.20 
3.49 
52.00 
44.40 
THE LEHI, UTAH, BEET SUGAR EACTORY. 
The Utah Sugar company was formed in i8go and 
erected its factory at Lehi, Utah, beginning operations in 
1891. It was the first beet sugar factory fully equipped with 
American-made machinery, ft was installed by E. H. Dyer 
& Company, Cleveland, Ohio. It has made a fine record 
and greatly exceeds its rated capacity of 350 tons per day. 
In October, 1896, it worked 435 tons of beets in one day. It 
requires but 60 hands, including six boys, on each twelve- 
hour shift, where foreign factories of the same capacity use 
100 to 150 hands per shift for the same hours’ work. The 
1897 I'un was made without any delay for breaks and repairs, 
and four tons beets more were cut per day than in 1896. 
The factory uses some 50 tons of Pleasant, or Castle Gate 
bituminous coal per day, costing $3.50 per ton. Its lime 
rock is hauled by teams and costs $2.00 per ton. About 18 
tons per day are used. It is excellent rock, containing less 
than two per cent silicia. Cardiff, Colorado, coke is used 
there. The sulphur used comes from natural deposits some 
100 miles south of Lehi. 
The capital stock of this company is owned in Utah. 
It has a large number of stockholders, including many 
farmers. Its relations with the farmers are close and seem 
very pleasant. General Manager Thomas R. Cutler, Supt. 
C. A. Granger and George Austin, agriculturist, have been 
very courteous and all proper information was promptly 
given us. The factory is located two miles from Lehi and 
thirty miles south of Salt Lake City. The company owns 
about 139 acres of land around the factory, about 42 acres of 
this being covered by a reservoir, made by damming Spring 
